Killer Year: Stories to Die For
About this ebook
Killer Year is a group of thirteen authors whose first novels were published in the year 2007. Now, each member of this widely-praised organization has written a story with his or her own unique twist on the world of crime. Each entry in this one-of-a-kind collection is introduced by the author's Killer Year mentor, including bestselling authors James Rollins, Tess Gerritsen, and Jeffery Deaver. Other contributors–of original stories, essays, and commentary–include acclaimed veterans Ken Bruen, Allison Brennan, Duane Swierczynski, Laura Lippman, and M.J. Rose.
This is a book that no fan of the genre can do without.
About the author
Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.
J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, and the EMMY® award winning co-host of the literary TV show A WORD ON WORDS. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name Joss Walker.
With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim, prestigious awards, been optioned for television, and has been published in 28 countries.
J.T. lives in Nashville with her husband and twin kittens, where she is hard at work on her next novel.
Jason Pinter was born in 1979 in New York City and graduated from Wesleyan University in 2003 with a B.A. in English. He is a founding member of Killer Year, and maintains his blog, "The Man in Black." His first Henry Parker novel, The Mark, was released in July 2007 from MIRA books, with the next two Parker books scheduled for 2008. He lives in New York City with his wife.
Brett Battles was born and raised in southern California. Though he still makes California his home, he has traveled extensively, including trips to Vietnam and Germany—two locations that play prominent parts in his debut thriller The Cleaner.
New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan is the author of six romantic thrillers. RT Book Reviews called her newest release, Fear No Evil, “fast-paced,” “pulse pounding,” and “Brennan’s best book to date.” A former consultant in the California State Legislature, she lives in northern California with her husband and five kids. Look for her next novel in Spring 2008.
Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working full-time and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001. Her work has been awarded the Edgar ®, the Anthony, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Nero Wolfe, Gumshoe, and Barry awards. She also has been nominated for other prizes in the crime fiction field, including the Hammett and the Macavity. She was the first-ever recipient of the Mayor’s Prize for Literary Excellence and the first genre writer recognized as Author of the Year by the Maryland Library Association.
M.J. Rose is an internationally bestselling author, founder of AuthorBuzz.com, the editor of Buzz, Balls, & Hype, and on the board of International Thriller Writers. Please visit her website, mjrose.com, for more information.
